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Learn about operating systems, the largest and most complex software running on most machines. Explore important system concepts, design principles, and gain programming skills. Course taught by instructor Andy Wang with teaching assistants Michael Duckett, Md. Shafayat Rahman, and Woohyeong Kim.

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  1. Course Information Andy Wang Operating Systems COP 4610 / CGS 5765

  2. Instructor Andy Wang (awang@cs.fsu.edu) Office: 269 LOV Office hours: M 4-5pm, F 4-5pm, and by appointments Class website: http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~awang/courses/cop4610_f2019

  3. Teaching Assistants Michael Duckett, Md Shafayat Rahman, and Woohyeong Kim Email: cop4610t@cs.fsu.edu Subject line: cop4610

  4. Why Study Operating Systems? • The OS is the largest and the most complicated software running on most machines

  5. Why Study Operating Systems? • The OS is the largest and the most complicated software running on most machines • Original UNIX: 10,000 lines • Windows: 50 million lines of code ~= 760K pages ~= 760 books ~= 5 bookcases • Linux: 15 million lines of code

  6. Why Study Operating Systems? • It contains many important system concepts • Design principles • Complexity hiding • Performance tuning • Resource coordination

  7. Applicability of OS Skills • Software engineering • Database design and implementation • Network design and implementation • Distributed computing

  8. Learning Objectives • Operating system concepts • Process management, CPU scheduling, synchronization, caching, file systems, and so on • Programming skills • User-level shell • Kernel module, system call, synchronization primitives, file system

  9. Prerequisites • COP 4530 • Data structures • CDA 3101 • Computer organization

  10. Required Skills • Proficiency in UNIX programming and debugging environment • Proficiency in C

  11. Course Material • Lecture notes (posted at the class website) • Textbook: • Silberschatz, Galvin, Gagne, Operating System Concepts, 10th Edition

  12. Class Grading • Two components • Exams (50%) • Homework assignments and projects (50%)

  13. Exams • Exam 1 (10%) • Exam 2 (10%) • Comprehensive final exam (30%)

  14. More on Exams • 80% based on lectures, assignments, and projects • 20% based on your ability to apply various principles learned in the class

  15. Assignments and Projects • Homework assignments (10%) • Paper submissions • 3 – 4 projects (10 - 15% each)

  16. 100 – 92 A 91.9 – 90 A- 89.9 – 88 B+ 87.9 – 82 B 81.9 – 80 B- 79.9 – 78 C+ 77.9 – 72 C 71.9 – 70 C- 69.9 – 68 D+ 67.9 – 62 D 61.9 – 60 D- 59.9 – 0 F If you score > 35% on both components, your grade will be:

  17. If you score < 35% on one component • Say… • 30% on exams • 50% on projects and assignments • The highest grade is C-

  18. Assignments • Individual homework assignments • One bonus point for each homework assignment • Constructive comments on lectures and recitations • Or, a funny story of the week • Or, ways to entertain an eight year old

  19. Funny Story of the Week

  20. Projects… • In teams of 3 people • Increasingly difficult • Potentially tedious compilations • Potentially non-deterministic bugs • Debuggers may not help • May wipe your machine

  21. Other Bonuses • Programming contest • 0.5% of your course grade + 0.5%*number of questions answered correctly • 1-min video on a chosen topic • 1 per student • Reserve your topic on Canvas • 1% of your course grade • Mention your name and this course title • Target non-CS people

  22. Computer Accounts • Computer science account • Various tools • SSH, e-mail, text editor, gcc, make • my.fsu.edu account • Receiving class emails • Discussion board • Grade posting

  23. Your Responsibilities • Understand lecture & reading materials • Attend office hours for extra help, as needed • Uphold academic honesty • Turn in your assignments on time • Check class Web page and your garnet email account and regularly

  24. Dos and Don’ts • Do share debugging experiences • Do share knowledge of tools • Do acknowledge help from others • Do acknowledge sources of information from books and web pages

  25. Dos and Don’ts • Don’t cheat • Don’t copy code from others • Don’t paraphrase code from others either • E.g., changing variable names & indentations • Don’t post code to the discussion board

  26. Course Policies • Attendance mandatory • No make-up exams for missed exams… • Honor code: read your student handbook • Students with disabilities • Report to Student Disability Resource Center • Bring me a letter within the first week of class

  27. To see or not to see me & TAs • We are not psychics • Please let us know if… • Class is too hard • You don’t have the background • Class can be improved in certain ways • When in doubt, email us…

  28. Survival Tips • Post messages and read the discussion board frequently • Web search engines are your good friends

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